Press Releases

Washington DC – Congressman Brad Sherman (D-CA), the Ranking Member of the Asia Subcommittee, praised the Administration's decision to sell $1.83 billion in arms to Taiwan, including two Navy Perry-class frigates. Last week, Congressman Sherman and House Foreign Affairs Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) introduced The Taiwan Naval Support Act, legislation designed to cause this action.

Washington DC –The Policyholder Protection Act introduced by Congressman Bill Posey (R-FL) and Congressman Brad Sherman (D-CA) passed the House and Senate today and is expected to be signed into law as part of the Omnibus spending bill.

Washington DC - Congressman Brad Sherman (D-Los Angeles), former chair of the House Subcommittee on Terrorism and senior member of House Foreign Affairs Committee issued the following statement:

There are important differences between the email received by school officials in Los Angeles and those received by school officials in New York City – the New York City email was considerably less credible::

Sherman Oaks – Today Congressman Brad Sherman (D-Sherman Oaks) called on the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to take action regarding a gas leak at the Southern California Gas Co storage facility in Aliso Canyon. In a letter to EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy, Congressman Sherman noted that the leaking facility has been emanating noxious gas for over six weeks, and has been sickening residents of the Porter Ranch neighborhood of Los Angeles.

Washington DC – Today the Foreign Affairs Committee unanimously passed the Combat Terrorist Use of Social Media Act, legislation introduced by Congressman Brad Sherman (D-CA), former Chairman of the Subcommittee on Terrorism, and Congressman Ted Poe (R-TX), current Chairman of the Subcommittee on Terrorism. The legislation would require the President to submit to Congress a strategy to combat terrorists' use of social media and a policy to enhance collaboration between the federal government and social media companies to counter terrorist activities online.

Washington DC – Today the House Foreign Affairs Committee unanimously passed The Taiwan Naval Support Act. The bill was introduced by Congressman Brad Sherman (D-CA), the second ranking Democrat on the Foreign Affairs Committee, and Congressman Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee.

Washington DC – Congressman Brad Sherman (D-CA), the second ranking Democrat on the Foreign Affairs Committee, and ranking member of the Subcommittee on Asia, along with Congressman Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee, introduced the Taiwan Naval Support Act, legislation that would force the Administration to comply with existing law and send authorized naval defense articles to Taiwan. The bill comes after the Administration has delayed sending two frigates from the United States to Taiwan for nearly two years.

Washington DC - Congressman Brad Sherman (D-CA), a senior member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, released the following statement on the killing of Dr. Anwar Leghari, a leader of the Sindh United Party (SUP).